I will recommend some authors actually,
Isaac Asimov
Robert Heinlein
Jack Williamson (rare if you can find him)
Arthur Clarke
Edgar Rice Burrows
William Shakespear (always a must to understand political intrigue)
and many others.
-eric
from the central office of the Technomage Guild, Library Services Dept.
On Mar 23, 2017, at 6:23 PM, Vara La Fey wrote:
> I'm with ya, and I don't know what is required reading now. I'm afraid to find out. Assuming reading more than tweets even is required anymore.
>
> I grew up on hard sci-fi, prolly like a lot of us here, so dystopian fiction is definitely an influence on how I see things. As are the things themselves. Just seeing them potentially merge is scary. I'm not ashamed of being hair-triggered about that. Someone has to be. The more the better, I say.
> What books do you recommend? But since I'm currently on 8 distinct (yet interrelated) learning curves, I don't promise to get through very many of them. I feel a bit guilty even asking, but what the hey?
>
> - Vara
>
> On 3/23/2017 6:07 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> ah yes, George Orwell should be required reading for everyone in high school or first year college.
>>
>> There are also some other books that might bear reading (and some of them even have a take on the current technological and political situation).
>>
>> -eric
>> from the central office of the Technomage Guild, You can't take it with you dept.
>>
>> On Mar 23, 2017, at 5:57 PM, Vara La Fey wrote:
>>
>>> The "3 Minute Hate" was a reference to "1984", which the intended system of "three minutes" of semi-mandatory content reminded me of because it is an intended system of "three minutes" of semi-mandatory content.
>>>
>>> I don't hate anybody here, and I have no reason to think that proponents of this spyware/monitoring/chastising system do either. I merely assumed that intelligent techies near my own age would understand the reference, even if they don't agree with my comparison.
>>>
>>> I fully mean my criticisms of the system, of proposing to self-righteously take up time belonging to people who are not associated with you, and of it's abuse potential beyond the abuse already inherent in it.
>>>
>>> You don't have to be an internet techie to see that. Or to hit an overly-defensive nerve.
>>>
>>> On 3/23/2017 4:53 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:50:50 -0700
>>>> Vara La Fey <varalafey@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Please, waste time and effort and money patenting your /spyware
>>>>> /chaperone system that monitors web activity with the intent of
>>>>> /creating consequences /for activity which you - or your intended
>>>>> customer - opines is "invalid". I doubt very many people will buy
>>>>> into it because there is no upside for them. Even when they alter it
>>>>> to fit their own agenda, they just anger their customers who can
>>>>> click OK for EULAs and enter logins, but cannot bypass your 3 Minute
>>>>> Hate.
>>>> Hate?
>>>>
>>>> Pot/Kettle
>>>>
>>>> A look back on Vara La Fey's previous posts shows Vara La Fey short on
>>>> tech and long on very nasty criticism.
>>>>
>>>> Five minutes ago I procmailed Vara La Fey out of my life.
>>>>
>>>> :0:
>>>> * ^From:.*VLF_email_address
>>>> * ^(To|Cc).*plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
>>>> $GARBAGE
>>>>
>>>> Anybody who agrees with me would be doing themselves a favor (and
>>>> lowering their blood pressure) by doing the same.
>>>>
>>>> SteveT
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